Saint Philomena Powerful with God!

[Gloria]

 

 

Saint Philomena Powerful with God!

 

In our love for St. Philomena, we follow well the direction and example of the Roman Pontiffs:

Pope Leo XII granted permission for erection of altars and churches in honor of St. Philomena.
Pope Gregory XVI on January 30th, 1837, solemnly raised her to the altar giving full authority to her cult in the whole Catholic world and for all eternity.
"... When the representatives of the Living Rosary were prostrate at the feet of His Holiness, the auguest Head of the Church, deigned to bestow a special blessing upon the Association, under the auspices of St. Philomena, pronouncing these words: 'Now all the Living Rosary is under the protection of St. Philomena! PRAY TO ST. PHILOMENA, WHATEVER YOU ASK FROM HER SHE WILL OBTAIN FOR YOU.' (1836... Ven. Pauline Jaricot to Associates)
Pope Pius IX granted to her the glorious title: Patroness of the Children of Mary.
Pope Leo XIII raised the Confraternity of St. Philomena to an Archconfraternity and approved the cord of St. Philomena giving special privileges and indulgences to all who wear it.
Pope Saint Pius X raised the Archconfraternity of St. Philomena to a Universal Archconfraternity and named St. John Vianney its Patron. This Pope and great Saint of Holy Mother the Church solemnly declared:
"... to discredit the present decisions and declarations concerning St. Philomena as not being permanent, stable, valid and effective, necessary of obedience, and in full-effect for all eternity, proceeds from an element that is null and void and without merit of authority." (1912)

Saint Philomena, Patroness of the Children of Mary, pray for us!

The Living Rosary Association was founded by Pauline Jaricot in 1826, approved and indulgenced by the Holy Fathers. This devotion is principally dedicated to Saint Philomena and is one of the most excellent ways to pay her honor and win her favor. The principle intentions of the Universal Living Rosary are: THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY and the honor of our beloved Patroness. Saint Philomena keeps nothing for herself but leads us to the feet of her Rosary Queen.

 

The Universal Living Rosary Association. The National Confraternity of St. Philomena. P.O. Box 1303, Dickinson, Texas 77539, USA

[Alley]

We pray our decade (every one their own) every day in our family! And of course with love!! :) 

[Gloria]

My Universal Living Rosary decade is the second Joyful Mystery when Mary visited Elizabeth.

[Alley]

Both my husband and I got the same decade, The Resurrection!

[Cathleen]

Thanks for posting this, Gloria.

[3nirw54mnvdaq]

Hello, I feel I have a special story to share.  On July 20th, I lost my father-in-law unexpectedly, a very "holy" man as I like to call him.  He prayed "The Pieta Prayer Book", said the rosary everyday, as well as going to mass on a daily basis.  He was close to God & lived his life in a right & just manner in and of himself & others.  One of the last conversations we had was his request for me, as the wife of his son, the mother of his grandchildren, to bring my family to know the Rosary and know it well.  Prior to his passing, a friend of mine asked me to join the Living Rosary, which I did, & my decade to pray is the 5th Glorious mystery "The Coronation of Mary".    I did not know of St. Philomena nor did I know there was a Foundress of the Living Rosary.  Not only did I not know of them, I didn't know many saints or prayers, but I have always felt a closeness to the Lord Jesus & Mary throughout my life.  Yes, I know the important Holy days, well known saints & attend Sunday mass religiously but after my father-in-law died, I lost my faith!  I had a deep dark & sad feeling that there is nothingness in this world after we die, I questioned all that we believe.  I pleaded with my father-in-law wherever I thought he may be  & with God to show me the truth of what there is after this life we live.  I needed to be convinced because my lacking was hurting me, & those around me.  My friend who signed me up with The Living Rosary suggested we make a Facebook page because the emails we sent out months prior have stopped receiving new members to say the Rosary.  On August 21st (which I am noticing is when this original St. Philomena post was posted) I began working on The Living Rosary page on Facebook.  We thought what a better way to get more people to join what we believed worked than on Facebook.  Everyone goes on facebook to look at other peoples' lives, why not work on trying to get people to look more closely into our Faith by doing it on one of the most popular social networks.  So I completed a page called The Living Rosary, it was up & running.  I decided to make it interesting & post quotes from the daily mass readings with a beautiful pictures to correspond.  I have posted all the mysteries of the Rosary, which one to say on which day, and all the prayers needed for it.  On August 22nd I went to say my decade & realized for the 1st time in my life that the Queenship of Mary 8/22 is My mystery that I have been saying.   I felt that it was my sign from Mary or more so that these dates are not so much a coincidence but higher power working through me & returning me to my Faith full force.  We now have 60 individuals following The Living Rosary & I am so elated!! I don't want to ramble on so much but I wanted to share this & the events I have been experiencing.  

From the moment I started to have doubt of what is to be after this life we live, I began seeing rainbows often enough to wow me!  This was one of my first signs of feeling peace & believing.   Then an unbelievable sunrise one morning which I captured with my phone.  I even felt as if I had a vision of our Blessed Mother or it may have been a dream like state but I have never experienced this before.  I was resting in bed & I felt l was dreaming or just waking up from a nap,  next to my bed I have a crib from my children that has not been put away.  The crib is empty now but above the crib floating right about its rails was the whitest brightest light I had ever seen, it did not hurt my eyes to see it, rather it had me still & in awe, & the joyful, excited feeling I had in my heart was indescribable.   Within the light I saw a silhouette of Our Blessed Mother, I could not completely make out the facial features other than her eyes.  Her eyes glared at me like no one has ever before, it was peaceful, filled with love and I could not blink or take my eyes away from Her!! I called out my husband's name so that he can see it but the image disappeared & I felt new with more faith & love than I have ever felt in my life.  Just awe inspiring, amazing!! I figure it was a dream but a part of me feels it was truly Her maybe pleased with what we were doing.  I also have a Cross bracelet which was gold plated & of course I figured it would get scratched up but the scratches that have appeared on this bracelet are only where Jesus bled.  All the beauty that I have seen & felt since my father-in-law's passing has made me know & TRULY believe we have Eternal Life & God awaits in his Heavenly Kingdom.  So I came upon this website of Crusaders of the Immaculate Heart through Divine Intervention yet once again.  I was preparing our Facebook page with a quote & image for today & after praying to find a perfect site for inspiring words I found your website & became a member!  I feel like it is God calling me to do more & I will continue to do so.

I hope I don't sound like a fanatical, I feel the peace of Jesus in my heart, & may you have peace in yours.  God Bless everyone & anyone that has just a little doubt in their heart...mine has been restored!  

[Dawn Marie]

Dear Olivia,

You don't sound fanatical.  Thank you for sharing these wonderful happenings in your life!  I am most grateful you are here praying with us!

I pray God continue to bless you and Mary keep you in her Most Immaculate Heart+

IMH
DM

Edited to add:  btw the picture of the rainbow is absolutely beautiful!

[Mary Ellen]

Olivia,

Thank you for sharing this.  I feel so blessed to be a member with all of you of this group.

[Mary Ellen]

The Visitation is one of the decades that mean so much to me,  being a mother of three daughters, it reminds me of the love shared with sisters, mothers, daughters.

[Gloria]

Thank you for sharing Olivia . Our catholic religion has so  much to offer to  us  as we search and learn more and more  about our catholic faith.  I praise and thank the Lord for the day He brought me to this glorious catholic site.  The Lord bless you Olivia and our beloved Mother Mary hold you tightly within Her precious arms forever.  Hugs  Gloria

[3nirw54mnvdaq]

Thank you everyone...I feel Blessed & privileged to be here with all of you.  After I wrote the above, & changed my profile picture, I started to feel as if I wrote too much & got nervous.  I went to type my name in google search to see if my story came up which I have written here....nervous b/c I feel maybe the things that have been happening in my life are too much out of the ordinary and people would think I'm crazy or weird.  Well, when I did my name search, my profile image came up (the ray of light coming out of the clouds) so I clicked on it & saw for the first time that my image won a photo contest with our local newspaper which I entered a week ago & completely forgot about.  I just began to cry because yet again, I feel, it is a sign telling me its okay to go out & spread the word of God & not be ashamed.  Thank you everyone & most of all Thank You Jesus!  

Here is the clipping from the newspaper that came out today! 

[Mary Ellen]

Olivia,

Many a time I have felt the same way as you!    Do not worry!

[Mary Ellen]

What a beautiful picture!